About Dhawa Village

Dhawa is a mid sized village in Ratni Faridpur tehsil, in the district of Jehanabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 646, made up of 350 males and 296 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72 hectares hectares.

Dhawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhawa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Jehanabad
Tehsil	Ratni Faridpur
Area (hectares)	72 hectares
Population	646
Male Population	350
Female Population	296
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	846
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhawa compares

By the 2011 count Dhawa is the 58th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,685 residents. Its 72 hectares work out to about 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Dhawa

Dhawa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dhawa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhawa from other places

Dhawa lies about 12 km from Jehanabad, and the nearest railway station is Jehanabad Court, about 12 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Dhawa
Tehsil headquarters	Ratni Faridpur	9.5 km
District headquarters	Jehanabad	12 km
Nearest town	Jahānābād	12 km
Nearest railway station	Jehanabad Court	12 km

Villages closest to Dhawa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ratni Faridpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Dhawa

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhawa village had a population of 646. That makes it the 58th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,685 residents.

Dhawa village has 350 males and 296 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhawa has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Dhawa covers 72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dhawa falls under Ratni Faridpur tehsil of Jehanabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dhawa is Jehanabad Court, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Dhawa.

Dhawa is about 12 km from Jehanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhawa is in Ratni Faridpur tehsil of Jehanabad district. Ratni Faridpur is about 9.5 km away. Jehanabad is about 12 km away. Jahānābād is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.